If you are one of 70 million Americans believed to have difficulty sleeping in one form or another, it may be a wise idea to read on.

It's estimated that 20 percent of adults experience some form of insomnia for at least a year.

A
recent study also estimates that insomnia is responsible for 274,000
workplace accidents and errors each year, adding up to $31 billion in
lost wages and revenue for businesses large and small. The Exxon Valdez
oil spill and the Challenger disaster were both attributed to insomnia
related incidences with ship and flight crews.

Lack of proper
nightly rest is also a huge tax on focus, concentration and motivation.
Without at least six and a half to seven hours, short term memory starts
to fail and one's ability to drive safely is reduced to that of a
alcohol impaired driver.

Interestingly, there is a new approach
in insomnia treatment being used on returning war veterans called
neurofeedback. This treatment, also known as brainwave biofeedback is
being used extensively to treat the anxiety, insomnia and PTSD. It
widely know that one of the main symptoms of PTSD is usually a complete
lack of a soldiers ability yo sleep properly. It's also noted that war
related chronic insomnia can be the main reason why the suicide rate is
so high amongst returning soldiers.

The beauty of neurofeedback
for insomnia is that the treatment involves no medications
whatsoever. In fact, people taking Ambien or Lunesta find it
considerably easier to get off these medications using neurofeedback
than trying to do so on their own.

The basis for neurofeedback is
simple: the electrical aspects of one's neurophysiology are at play in
the form of hyper-vigilance, causing brainwaves to be out of balance
for whats needed for achieving proper sleep architecture and restorative
rest. Contrary to popular opinion, most people with insomnia do not
have behavioral problems per se, but simply have a brain in need of a
tune-up.

Nor are they in need of multiple drugs, which by the way
do not address the bio-electrical balances mentioned above. Medications
like Xanax and Ambien seem to only compound the problem of creating the
environment for healthy, natural sleep. Most people taking these meds
know full well that they, at best, produce fake sleep and worst,
according to a new Scripps study, create a fourfold increase in
premature death.

David A. Mayen serves as founder and CEO of the Sleep Recovery Centers. He is an EEG Spectum Intl. Graduate and holds certifications in advanced neurofeedback,neuro-anatomy and neurophysiology, psycho-pharmacology as well as alpha theta training (more...)